58 stores verified · 25 cities checked · 16 cities with none · 38 stores below the threshold · Aug 2026

By Mehran G. — Redtail eBikes. Every store, address, and coverage claim here is checked against a primary source and dated. · Verified August 29, 2026.

Electric bikes outside a brick bike shop on a New England main street

Massachusetts eBike shop directory 2026 cover: 58 verified stores across 25 cities, a New England main street in autumn light

A brick mill-town main street in early autumn light. Most of Massachusetts's e-bike counters are in towns like this one rather than in the cities everyone searches for.

Quick Answer: We verified 58 e bike shops in Massachusetts, checked against all 25 Massachusetts cities above 50,000 residents. Thirty-eight of the 58 are in towns below 50,000 — Chelmsford, Watertown, Wareham, North Attleborough, Braintree — which is the highest share of any state in this directory and the reason a state hub exists at all. Sixteen of the 25 cities have no verified floor inside their own limits, and for most of them the nearest counter is two to three miles away in the next town. Two things to know before you buy: Massachusetts recognizes only Class 1 and Class 2 — there is no Class 3 in the statute — and the statewide voucher program is closed. If nothing near you fits, our commuter and city e-bikes ship free anywhere in the US.

Key facts (verified August 29, 2026):

  • Verified storefronts: 58 — 39 read on the shop's own site, 19 at chain level
  • Cities checked: 25, every Massachusetts city above 50,000 residents
  • Cities with a verified store: 9 · without: 16
  • Stores in towns below 50,000: 38 — 66% of the state's verified e-bike retail
  • Candidate population searched: 119 named bicycle shops, from 121 mapped objects, 72 with a website
  • Classes recognized in Massachusetts law: two

How we verified this directory

The denominator comes before the count. We swept all 25 Massachusetts cities above 50,000 residents, from the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 city population estimates (SUB-EST2024).

The candidate pool came from OpenStreetMap's Overpass API: 121 objects tagged as bicycle shops, resolving to 119 named businesses across 53 cities, 72 of them publishing a website. Reading those sites produced 48 storefronts whose own words name e-bikes.

Ten more came from resolving shops by name and then reading their own pages — most importantly Landry's Bicycles, an employee-owned chain trading since 1922 whose eight branches the map data records unevenly, and Travis Cycle, which covers Brockton and Taunton, two cities the map left at zero.

Two entries were removed after reading the roster more carefully. Pedego's own Massachusetts pages label its Yarmouth location "Temporarily Closed" and its Oak Bluffs location "Coming Soon." A roster entry is not an open storefront, and neither is counted here.

Every claim was last verified August 29, 2026. Corrections: sales@redtailebikes.com.

In this guide

Massachusetts has no Class 3, and that is the buying decision

Almost every state in this directory runs a three-class system. Massachusetts runs a two-class one, and a shopper who does not know that can buy the wrong bike in an afternoon.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 1 defines an electric bicycle as "a bicycle or tricycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of 750 watts or less that meets the requirements of a class 1 electric bicycle or a class 2 electric bicycle."

Those two are defined in the same section. Class 1 "provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling" and stops assisting at 20 mph; Class 2 "may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle" and is not capable of assisting past 20 mph.

There is no third class in that sentence, or anywhere else in the definition. A 28 mph pedal-assist bike is not an electric bicycle in Massachusetts.

The second half of the frame is what an electric bicycle is not. The same section defines a "motorized bicycle" — the state's moped-era category, carrying a license requirement — as a pedal bicycle with a helper motor "with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters," and adds a proviso: "the definition of 'motorized bicycle' shall not include an electric bicycle."

Read together, those two definitions do the work. A Class 1 or Class 2 bike is carved out of the moped regime by name. A Class 3 bike is carved out of the electric bicycle definition by omission, and the proviso that rescues an e-bike from the moped rules does not reach it.

Bottom line In Massachusetts, buy a bike that assists to 20 mph. If a shop offers you a 28 mph pedal-assist, ask what it is under ch. 90 § 1 — because it is not an electric bicycle there, and the exemption that keeps e-bikes out of the moped rules is written for Class 1 and Class 2 only.

The statewide voucher is closed, and what that leaves

Massachusetts ran one of the largest state e-bike incentive programs in the country, and a buyer shopping today should not plan around it.

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center publishes the status plainly on its own e-bike page: "The 2025 Statewide E-Bike Voucher Program is now closed and not expected to re-open in 2026." MassCEC's own account of the program is that it helped more than 3,000 low- and moderate-income residents buy qualifying e-bikes through participating retailers.

That closure has a consequence for a directory like this one. Washington's rebate forces its transport department to publish which shops may redeem it, and that roster turned out to be the best shop list in the state. Massachusetts published a comparable retailer network while its program ran; with the program closed, there is no current state list of participating shops to check against, so this page rests on shops' own websites instead.

The City of Boston runs its own separate incentive. If you live in Boston, start there rather than with the state.

How to read the listings

Every store below carries one of two evidence grades.

Site checked — we loaded the shop's own website on August 29, 2026 and it names e-bikes in its own words. Thirty-nine of the 58.

Chain site checked — a multi-location retailer where the readable page belonged to the chain rather than the branch. Nineteen entries, most of them Landry's eight branches, whose individual store pages load their addresses through a script that a reader can see and a machine cannot. For those we publish the branch's town and the chain's own e-bike page, and no hours.

Call before a long drive whatever the grade says.

E bike shops in Massachusetts, city by city

Twenty-five cities, each one checked. "Unresolved leads" counts mapped shops we could not clear — a site that would not load, or one that loads and never mentions e-bikes.

City Pop (2024) Verified stores Unresolved leads
Boston 673,458 5 1
Worcester 211,286 2 3
Springfield 154,888 — —
Cambridge 121,186 4 2
Lowell 120,418 — 2
Brockton 105,788 1 —
Lynn 103,489 1 1
Quincy 103,434 — —
New Bedford 101,318 — —
Fall River 94,689 — —
Newton 90,700 — 1
Lawrence 89,332 — —
Somerville 82,149 4 1
Framingham 73,361 — —
Haverhill 68,291 1 —
Malden 66,693 — 1
Waltham 65,849 — 1
Taunton 61,936 1 —
Revere 60,702 — —
Weymouth Town 60,159 — —
Medford 59,898 1 —
Peabody 55,418 — —
Chicopee 55,381 — —
Methuen 54,272 — —
Everett 51,825 — —

Greater Boston (39 verified across 23 cities)

Acton (1 verified)

  • Pedal Power Bike & Ski: 176 Great Road, 01720 · +1 978-263-3197 · www.pedpow.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Arlington (1 verified)

  • Quad Cycles: 1035;1043 Massachusetts Avenue, 02476 · quadcycles.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Ayer (1 verified)

Bedford (1 verified)

  • The Bikeway Source: 111 South Road, 01730 · +1-781-275-7799 · www.bikewaysource.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Belmont (1 verified)

  • Belmont Wheelworks: 480 Trapelo Road, 02478 · www.wheelworks.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

Boston (5 verified)

Braintree (2 verified)

Cambridge (4 verified)

Charlestown (1 verified)

Chelmsford (1 verified)

  • The Bike Shop: 8 Alpine Lane · +19787291281 · www.shopthebike.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Foxboro (1 verified)

  • Foxboro Bike: 211 North Street, 02035 · +1 508-698-2453 · www.foxborobike.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Hudson (1 verified)

Lexington (3 verified)

Littleton (1 verified)

  • CK Bikes: 320 Great Road, 01460 · +1 978-339-5260 · ckbikes.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Medford (1 verified)

  • JRA Cycles: 229 Salem Street, 02155 · +1-781-391-3636 · www.jracycles.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Melrose (1 verified)

  • The Ride Cafe: 368 Main Street, 02176 · +1-617-644-0212 · theridecafe.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Natick (2 verified)

Needham (2 verified)

Norwood (2 verified)

Somerville (4 verified)

  • Ace Wheelworks: 145 Elm Street, 02144 · +1-617-776-2100 · www.wheelworks.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29
  • Bicycle Belle: 368 Beacon Street, 02143 · +1-617-661-0969 · bicyclebelleboston.com · site checked 2026-08-29
  • Bike Boom: 389 Highland Avenue, 02144 · +1-617-627-9801 · bikeboom.net · site checked 2026-08-29
  • Cambridge Used Bicycles: 382 Somerville Avenue, 02143 · +1-617-818-0920 · www.cambridgeusedbicycles.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

Stoneham (1 verified)

  • City Cycle: 286 Main Street, 02180 · +1 781 438 0358 · www.citycycleinc.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Watertown (1 verified)

  • Farina's: 61 Galen Street, 02472 · +1 617 926 1717 · farinas.com · site checked 2026-08-29

West Roxbury (1 verified)

  • Adis Bike World: 1754 Centre Street, 02132 · +1-617-325-2453 · www.adisbikeworld.net · site checked 2026-08-29

The North Shore and the Merrimack Valley (3 verified across 3 cities)

Haverhill (1 verified)

  • Riverside Cycle: 1 James P Ginty Boulevard, 01830 · riversidecycle.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

Lynn (1 verified)

  • North Shore Cycle: 251 Western Avenue, 01904 · +1-781-581-2700 · www.nscycles.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Newburyport (1 verified)

  • Riverside Cycle: 50 Water Street, 01922 · +1 978-465-5566 · riversidecycle.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

The South Shore, Cape Cod and the Islands (3 verified across 3 cities)

Brockton (1 verified)

  • Travis Cycle — Brockton: 722 North Main Street · +1 508-586-6394 · www.traviscycle.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

Falmouth (1 verified)

Wareham (1 verified)

Southeastern Massachusetts (2 verified across 2 cities)

North Attleborough (1 verified)

  • Sirois Bicycle Shop: 893 Landry Avenue, 02760 · +1 508-695-6303 · www.siroisbicycle.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Taunton (1 verified)

  • Travis Cycle — Taunton · +1 508-822-0396 · www.traviscycle.com · chain site checked 2026-08-29

Central Massachusetts (6 verified across 4 cities)

Fitchburg (1 verified)

  • The Break Bike Shop: 872 Main Street, 01420 · +1-978-300-7909 · thebreakbikeshop.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Milford (1 verified)

  • Milford Bicycle: 71 East Main Street, 01757 · +1 508-473-7955 · www.milfordbicycle.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Westborough (2 verified)

Worcester (2 verified)

The Pioneer Valley and the Berkshires (5 verified across 5 cities)

Amherst (1 verified)

Florence (1 verified)

  • Quadrini Electric Bicycles: 45 Main Street, 01062 · +1-800-618-1512 · www.quadrini-usa.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Hadley (1 verified)

West Springfield (1 verified)

  • Colorado Ski & Bike Shop: 1160 Westfield Street, 01089 · coloradoskishop.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Westfield (1 verified)

  • New Horizons Bikes: 55 Franklin Street, 01085 · +1-413-562-5237 · www.newhorizonsbikes.com · site checked 2026-08-29

Where the shops actually are

Massachusetts's e-bike retail has a shape, and it is not the one a list of big cities would suggest.

Thirty-eight of the 58 verified counters — 66% — are in towns below 50,000 residents. That is the highest share of any state in this directory. Washington's figure is 49%, California's 40%, North Carolina's 39% and Arizona's 5%. The reason is structural: Massachusetts's incorporated cities are small and tightly packed, so a shop serving 200,000 people can sit in a town of 30,000 and still be everyone's local bike shop.

Watertown is the clearest example. It has fewer than 36,000 residents, sits directly against Newton, Cambridge and Boston, and its shops serve all four. A directory that only covered cities above 50,000 would show Newton as empty and never mention the counter two miles away.

The same pattern repeats around the state: Chelmsford serves Lowell, West Springfield serves Springfield, Braintree serves Quincy, and North Attleborough serves the Attleboro–Taunton corridor. In each case the city with the population has no floor and the town next door has one, which is a fact about how Massachusetts is incorporated rather than about who sells bikes.

Two regions break the pattern in opposite directions. Greater Boston holds 39 of the 58 — two thirds of the state's e-bike retail inside Route 128 and its immediate ring. And the south coast is genuinely thin: New Bedford and Fall River, two cities with nearly 200,000 residents between them, have no verified floor and the nearest counters are 14 and 21 miles out.

Bottom line Search by town rather than by city. In Massachusetts the shop you want is very often one municipality over, and the border is invisible from the saddle.

The sixteen cities with none, and how close the nearest one is

Sixteen of the 25 cities produced no verified e-bike floor inside their own limits on August 29, 2026. That number sounds alarming until you measure the distances, and then it says something specific about Massachusetts: the cities are small and the shops are in the next town.

Your city Pop (2024) Nearest verified floor Straight-line
Springfield 154,888 Colorado Ski & Bike Shop, West Springfield 3 mi
Lowell 120,418 The Bike Shop, Chelmsford 3 mi
Quincy 103,434 Landry's Bicycles, Braintree 2 mi
New Bedford 101,318 The Bike Den, Wareham 14 mi
Fall River 94,689 Sirois Bicycle Shop, North Attleborough 21 mi
Newton 90,700 Farina's, Watertown 2 mi
Lawrence 89,332 Riverside Cycle, Haverhill 7 mi
Framingham 73,361 Landry's Bicycles, Natick 3 mi

Distances are computed from each city's coordinates to the shop's own mapped coordinates and are straight-line, so the ride is longer. Five of the eight largest zero-cities have a verified counter within three miles — closer than many residents' own downtown. The two genuine gaps are on the south coast: New Bedford at 14 miles and Fall River at 21.

For the other states swept the same way, see our US e-bike store directory, and for how the class rules differ elsewhere, our 50-state e-bike law guide.

That is why this page counts the state rather than the city. A Massachusetts directory that only listed cities above 50,000 residents would show you nine shops and hide the other 38.

If your nearest counter is on the far side of Buzzards Bay, compare it against a bike delivered to your door. Redtail's commuter and city range ships free anywhere in the US with US-based support.

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Boston runs its own program, and it buys Class 1 and Class 2 only

With the state program closed, the live money in Massachusetts is municipal, and its rules echo the statute in a way worth noticing.

The City of Boston's e-bikes incentive program publishes voucher amounts by bike type: $800 for a standard e-bike, or $1,200 for income-eligible applicants; $1,100 for a cargo e-bike, or $1,500 income-eligible; $2,000 to $5,000 for an adaptive e-bike — every recipient also receiving "a $150 Safety Equipment Voucher."

Eligibility is narrow and specific. The program serves "income-eligible adults, who are at or below 40% AMI, older adults (60+), and adults with disabilities," with the city publishing the AMI thresholds it uses. Applications for standard and cargo bikes are closed as this page is verified; adaptive applications run by appointment through the city's own e-bike address.

Two conditions decide where a voucher holder shops. Recipients have 45 days to redeem at a participating retailer, with government-issued ID, and the city lists the shops that qualify — Ace Wheelworks, Bikes Not Bombs and Boston eBikes among more than twenty.

And the condition that ties back to the statute: vouchers "can only be applied to Class 1 and Class 2 standard e-bikes available at the participating bike shops." Boston's program will not buy you a bike Massachusetts law does not recognize, which is the clearest practical confirmation of the two-class frame you will find outside the General Laws themselves.

What is not an electric bicycle here

Massachusetts sorts small electric vehicles into categories that carry very different duties, and the boundaries are all in ch. 90 § 1.

A motorized bicycle is "a pedal bicycle which has a helper motor, or a non-pedal bicycle which has a motor, with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission, and which is capable of a maximum speed of no more than thirty miles per hour."

The proviso is what matters: it "shall not include an electric bicycle." That is the moped-era category, and the carve-out is precisely what keeps a compliant Class 1 or Class 2 out of it.

A motorized scooter is a different thing again: a two- or three-wheeled device "that has handlebars, designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator," powered by a motor. A standing scooter is not an e-bike and does not inherit the e-bike carve-out.

The practical test for a buyer is short. If the bike has fully operable pedals, a motor of 750 watts or less, and stops assisting at 20 mph — pedal-assist or throttle — it is an electric bicycle in Massachusetts. If it assists past 20 mph, or has no working pedals, it is something else, and the something else has rules this page does not cover.

Bottom line The 20 mph line is the whole boundary in Massachusetts. Above it there is no Class 3 to fall into, and Boston's voucher will not buy the bike either.

Registration, license, insurance: what Massachusetts does not ask for

This is the question the harvest returned most often after the class question — "massachusetts e bike registration," "massachusetts e bike license" — and the answer comes out of the same two definitions.

An electric bicycle under ch. 90 § 1 is expressly carved out of the "motorized bicycle" category, and the motorized bicycle is the thing Massachusetts regulates as a small motor vehicle: it is the category that carries the registration, the number sticker and the operator-license expectations set out across ch. 90 §§ 1B, 1C and 1D.

A bike that meets the Class 1 or Class 2 definition is not that vehicle. It is not a motorized bicycle, and the sections that attach duties to motorized bicycles do not reach it.

What we did not find, stated as such. The sections we read — ch. 90 § 1 and ch. 85 § 11B — set out the definitions and the under-16 helmet rule. They do not contain a statewide e-bike registration requirement, an operator-license requirement for a Class 1 or Class 2 bike, or an insurance mandate. That is a statement about those sections on August 29, 2026, not a survey of every municipal bylaw in the Commonwealth: Massachusetts cities and towns regulate paths and sidewalks locally, and a specific path's rule is a question for the authority that runs it.

The practical version for a buyer: if the bike stops assisting at 20 mph and has working pedals, you are buying a bicycle in the eyes of ch. 90. If it does not, you are buying something the statute has not defined, and the burden of finding out what it is falls on you.

What to ask before you hand over the money

Everything here comes from a section above and is answerable at the counter.

  • "Is this Class 1 or Class 2?" Those are the only two Massachusetts recognizes. A shop that answers "Class 3" is selling you something the statute does not define as an electric bicycle.
  • "Does the assist cut out at 20 mph, and can that be changed?" The definition turns on where assistance ceases. A bike that can be reconfigured past it is a different vehicle in law even if the sticker says otherwise.
  • "Are you a Boston voucher retailer?" If you live in Boston and expect to use a voucher, this is the whole conversation — the money spends only at participating shops and expires 45 days after award.
  • "Where is your nearest branch, and does warranty work travel?" Nineteen of the listings on this page are chains, and in a state where most shops sit in small towns, portability across branches is worth real money.
  • "What do you service that you do not sell?" Massachusetts has a dense network of long-established independents; several of the shops on this page have been trading for decades and will service a bike bought elsewhere.
  • "Is a helmet included for my kid?" Ch. 85 § 11B requires one for riders 16 and younger, and it must meet CPSC standards.

What a Massachusetts shop is likely to have on the floor

One consequence of the two-class rule shows up in the inventory, and it is worth knowing before you walk in with a printout from a national review site.

Because Massachusetts recognizes Class 1 and Class 2 only, and because Boston's voucher will pay for those two and nothing else, the shops in this state stock to that line. The bikes on a Massachusetts floor are overwhelmingly commuters, cargo bikes and comfort hybrids that stop assisting at 20 mph. A 28 mph pedal-assist model that a shop in another state would sell you without comment is a special order here, if it is available at all.

That has a second effect on service. A shop that has never sold a Class 3 has no reason to stock its parts, so a rider who buys one out of state — or online from a maker that ships nationally — should ask a local counter about service before the purchase rather than after. Several of the independents on this page have been trading for forty years and will work on anything; some will not.

The third effect is on price. The 20 mph segment is the most competitive part of the US e-bike market, which is good news for a Massachusetts buyer: the bikes the state recognizes are the bikes with the deepest choice at every price point, from roughly $1,200 up.

None of that is a rule, and this page does not present it as one. It is what the definition and the voucher conditions imply about a shop's buying list, and the way to test it is to ask the shop what it has in the back.

Buying online versus buying in a Massachusetts shop

Buy locally when the nearest counter is three miles away, which the table above shows is true for five of the eight largest cities without their own floor. Massachusetts's shop network is old, dense and small-town, and the service relationship is the reason to use it.

Buy online when you are on the south coast — New Bedford and Fall River are the state's two genuine gaps at 14 and 21 miles — or when the bike you want is not on a floor within a sensible ride. Our commuter and city range and cargo e-bikes ship free anywhere in the US with US-based support, and both are built to the 20 mph line Massachusetts recognizes.

One caveat that is specific to this state: a Boston voucher cannot be spent online. If you hold one, the participating-shop list is your shortlist, not this page.

Boston's voucher pays more for a cargo bike than a standard one, and cargo is what replaces a second car on a three-mile New England commute. Compare Redtail's range — free US shipping, US-based support.

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What the answer engines get wrong here

Two measured failures, and the first is funny until it costs you a Saturday.

Asked for a bike shop in Springfield, Massachusetts, the answer layer served Trek Bicycle Springfield — in Virginia. Its own page publishes 8416 Old Keene Mill Rd, ZIP 22152, with a 703 telephone number: Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, roughly 450 miles from Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. This is the same same-name capture this directory has measured in Melbourne, Pasadena, Mesquite and Miramar, and it happens because a city name is a weaker signal than the engines treat it as.

And the class question is answered from other states' law. Summaries of "Massachusetts e-bike rules" routinely describe a three-class system, because most states have one. The statute does not: ch. 90 § 1 recognizes Class 1 and Class 2 and stops. Buying a 28 mph bike on the strength of a generic summary is the expensive version of that mistake.

Frequently asked questions

How many e-bike shops are there in Massachusetts?

We verified 58 storefronts on August 29, 2026 across the 25 Massachusetts cities above 50,000 residents — 39 confirmed on the shop's own website and 19 at chain level. Thirty-eight of the 58 are in towns below 50,000 residents, which is the highest share of any state in this directory.

Class 1 and Class 2 electric bicycles are recognized by Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90 § 1: pedals, a motor of 750 watts or less, and assistance that stops at 20 mph. The same section's "motorized bicycle" definition — the moped-era category — expressly excludes an electric bicycle, which is what keeps a compliant e-bike out of that regime.

Does Massachusetts allow Class 3 e-bikes?

Not as electric bicycles. The definition in ch. 90 § 1 covers only bikes meeting the Class 1 or Class 2 requirements, and there is no Class 3 defined anywhere in it. A 28 mph pedal-assist bike therefore falls outside the electric bicycle definition, and outside the proviso that exempts electric bicycles from the motorized-bicycle rules.

Do children need a helmet on an e-bike in Massachusetts?

Any person 16 years of age or younger operating or riding as a passenger on a bicycle on a public way, bicycle path or other public right-of-way must wear a helmet under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85 § 11B, and it must meet CPSC standards and be secured by the straps. Put a helmet on the child regardless of how the classification argument resolves.

Is there a Massachusetts e-bike rebate right now?

Not from the state. MassCEC publishes that "the 2025 Statewide E-Bike Voucher Program is now closed and not expected to re-open in 2026." The City of Boston runs a separate municipal incentive, so Boston residents should check the city's own program.

Which Massachusetts city has the most e-bike shops?

Boston, with five verified floors, followed by Cambridge and Somerville with four each. The more useful answer is that no city dominates: 38 of the state's 58 verified counters are in towns below 50,000 residents, spread through the ring around Boston and out to the Berkshires, which is why this page lists by region rather than by city.

Where do I buy if my city has no e-bike shop?

Check the table above first — for five of the eight largest cities without a floor, the nearest verified counter is within three miles. If you are in New Bedford or Fall River the nearest is 14 and 21 miles respectively, and buying online is a fair alternative.

Limitations

  1. Nineteen listings are chain-level. Landry's individual store pages load their addresses through a script, so we publish the branch town and the chain's own e-bike page and no hours. That proves the chain sells e-bikes; it does not prove what that branch had on the floor today.
  2. Sixteen zeros are checked zeros on one day, and the table names how far the nearest verified floor is for the eight largest. Thin coverage, not absence.
  3. Two Pedego roster entries were excluded, because the brand's own pages label them "Temporarily Closed" and "Coming Soon." Both are named above rather than dropped silently.
  4. Six candidates could not be read at all — three app shells, two HTTP errors, one unreachable domain. None of that is evidence a shop has closed.
  5. Eighteen shops load and never mention e-bikes on their own pages, including Good Tunes in Springfield. They are leads for a phone call rather than negatives.
  6. The state has no current participating-retailer list to check against, because the voucher program is closed. Where Washington's rebate produced a government shop roster, Massachusetts's closure leaves this page resting on shops' own sites.
  7. The Class 3 question is stated from the definition, not from a court. Ch. 90 § 1 recognizes two classes; what a 28 mph bike is in Massachusetts is a question the statute does not answer directly, and this page says that rather than inventing an answer.
  8. No search-volume figure appears on this page. Keyword pricing for Massachusetts has not been run.
  9. The publisher sells electric bikes. Redtail eBikes is an online retailer that ships nationwide. No shop on this list paid to appear.

This page expires when any of these change: MassCEC reopens a voucher round; the legislature adds a Class 3 to ch. 90 § 1; a listed shop moves or closes; or Pedego's Massachusetts locations open.

Source register

Source Tier What it supports Retrieved
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 1 T1 The electric bicycle definition, the Class 1 and Class 2 definitions, and the motorized-bicycle proviso 2026-08-29
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, § 11B T1 The helmet requirement for riders 16 and younger 2026-08-29
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center — Electric Bicycles T1 That the statewide voucher program is closed and not expected to reopen in 2026 2026-08-29
U.S. Census Bureau, SUB-EST2024 (Vintage 2024) T1 The 25-city denominator and every population figure 2026-08-25
OpenStreetMap Overpass API T2 The 121-object candidate pool and the 119 named shops 2026-08-29
Thirty-nine Massachusetts shop websites T2 Each site-checked shop's address, telephone number, hours and its own words about e-bikes 2026-08-29
Landry's Bicycles and Travis Cycle chain pages T2 The chain-level listings and their branch towns 2026-08-29
Pedego Electric Bikes, Massachusetts dealer pages T2 That the Yarmouth location is "Temporarily Closed" and Oak Bluffs "Coming Soon" 2026-08-29

No T4 source is relied on for any statement of rule, and no T5 source appears anywhere on this page.

References

  1. Massachusetts General Court, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 1, Definitions — malegislature.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  2. Massachusetts General Court, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, § 11B, Bicycles; operation and equipment — malegislature.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  3. Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Electric Bicycles — goclean.masscec.com. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  4. U.S. Census Bureau, City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2024 (SUB-EST2024) — census.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  5. OpenStreetMap contributors, Overpass API query for shop=bicycle in Massachusetts — overpass-api.de. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  6. Landry's Bicycles — landrys.com. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
  7. Travis Cycle, Brockton and Taunton — traviscycle.com. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
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